A Pennsylvania appellate court has struck down a $5.59 million jury award for a former roofer who suffered catastrophic spinal injuries after falling 20 feet through an unmarked hole in a roof.

All settlements require claims professionals and retained counsel to make an offer, many times multiple offers. A well-thought-out and constructed offer could cut down on additional litigation expenses if it brings the parties to a meaningful settlement discussion.

Texans in more than 340,000 homes and businesses braced for near-freezing temperatures without power Wednesday and more than 2,300 flights were canceled amid an unrelenting blast of treacherous, icy conditions and brutal cold that has left at least six dead.

In its fifth year, the Risk & Insurance survey of workers’ compensation professionals, sponsored by Healthesystems, highlighted the top challenges industry professionals faced in 2022 and their priorities heading into 2023.

Florida legislation proposed last week would prevent the state’s motorists from assigning their legal rights in auto insurance claims to repair shops.

Losses arising from email scams are usually covered, if at all, under a company’s crime policy. But a recent decision from The District Court in Minnesota suggests that recourse may also be found under an insured’s cyber or business interruption coverage.

Auto insurers have been writing off crashed Tesla EVs and sending them to salvage auctions instead, deeming many too expensive to repair.

The City of Seattle filed a lawsuit against automakers Kia and Hyundai this week, saying they disregarded public safety for profitability by failing to install immobilizers on their cars.

A Florida House Republican on Friday filed a proposal that would prevent motorists from assigning auto-insurance benefits to repair shops that can then pursue payments from insurers.

A federal appellate court on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to shed its baby powder liabilities by transferring them to a subsidiary and placing that subsidiary in bankruptcy.

A Tesla car battery "spontaneously" burst into flames on a California freeway Saturday, and firefighters needed 6,000 gallons of water to put it out.

A Los Angeles state court on Thursday refused to grant an Allianz SE unit’s motion for summary judgment in a COVID-19-related business interruption case that was returned to a lower court after a pro-policyholder state appeals court ruling.

Dozens of people were injured in a massive traffic pileup amid snowy conditions in southern Wisconsin on Friday, which blocked Interstate 39/90 for hours, authorities said.

Progressive and State Farm, two of America’s largest auto insurers, are refusing to write policies in certain cities for some older Hyundai and Kia models that have been deemed too easy to steal, according to the companies.

One way to think about the application of data science and machine learning is that it’s a tool to aid the conversion of information (data) into action. In this context, machine learning is applied to enable better and more efficient decisions, as well as identifying previously hidden risks and opportunities.